.•*.*.*•.A Vintage Jadeite CHrIsTmAs.•*.*.*•.

Have you ever cleaned a room that was so messy that you messed up all the rooms around it when you cleaned it?

My dining room was that messy. It's sorta grand central station in our house. Not only do I use it as my personal "pack-n-ship" wrapping area for my Etsy shop, but it has done double duty as Santa's workshop the past 2 weeks. 

Oh, and I can't forget to mention that it's a "crafting with German glitter and a glue gun" and "oil painting drying" room.

Ok, ok. You get the point. Let's just say that I have spent two hours helping this room un-hoard. My sweet reward was setting out my Jadeite and getting this table ready for Christmas dinner! I always seem to do neutrals, so this colorful setting is a fun change for me (and the kids)

Now before you get to scrolling through these pictures I want you to play a game. Remember the game "What's different between these two pictures?" in Highlights kids magazine? Look at the above photo.

Now look at this one...

That's right smarty pants. The vintage tablecloth. Had a "Doh!" moment and shot most of the photos before realizing I forgot it. And honestly, I'm a super lazy photographer after cleaning out the hoard, so you'll just have to imagine it there in each picture. Consider it your gift to me! :)

Oops...did I leave my rechargeable candles in the photo?  

I just got these "vintage spoon" napkin rings at my FAVORITE kitchen store, Sur La Table. A splurge for me but, I really have been searching for napkin rings for-evah!

The place mats are Waverly brand, from Tuesday Morning. I actually have the back side showing, the front has modern looking snowflakes. I liked the back so much better.

In the hall near the dining room ...

Thank you so much for stopping by little elves... Linsey

"First we'll make snow angels for a two hours, then we'll go ice skating, then we'll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookie dough as fast as we can, and then we'll snuggle."-Elf

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